Charles russell collins



(No Model.)

C. R. COLLINS. OIL SPRAYING DEVICE.

No. 485,257. Patented Nov. 1, 1892.

4UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES RUSSELL COLLINS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNITED GAS IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

OIL-SPRAYING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,257, dated November 1, 1892.

Application filed June 22, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that. I, CHARLES RUSSELL CoL- LINs, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of 5 Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil Spraying or Atomizing Devices for Gas Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates, in general, to apparatus for the production of carbureted wat-ergas, and it relates more particularly to certain improvements in the device for injecting oil or other liquid hydrocarbons into the Water-gas.

The principal objects of my present invention are, first, to obviate waste of the liquid hydrocarbon and to hasten, facilitate, and finally attain a more perfect Carburation of 2o the water gas than has hitherto been possible;

second, to provide a simple,durable,eflicient, and comparatively-inexpensive device for economically injecting liquid hydrocarbons into a supply of water-gas in such manner that the same is thoroughly and completly carbureted; third, to so construct and arrange the various parts of the device as that the same may be readilydetached and cleaned or repaired and subsequently assembled for use, and, fourth, to provide means for adjusting the operative parts of the device in order to compensate for expansion, contraction, and wear of the paits thereof.

My invention,stated in general terms, con- Sists 0f an oil spraying or atomizing device for gas apparatus comprising a sectional casing, a diaphragm provided with inclined apertures for imparting rotary motion t-o the jets or streams of liquid hydrocarbon as they are discharged from the casing, and means for adjustably seating said diaphragm, and my invention further consists of the improvements hereinafter described and claimed.

The nature, obj ects, and scope of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, and in whicht Figure 1 is a view, partly in side elevation and partly in central section, of an oil spraying or atomizing device embodying features Serial N6. 437,553. (No model.)

Referring to the drawings, the main casing 6o ofthe oil spraying or atomizing device comprises a tube a, externally threaded at the respective extremities thereof, a nipple b, mounted upon one extremity of the tube a,a nozzle c, inserted into the nipple b, and an iuternallythreaded thimble d, mounted upon the other extremity of the tube a and provided with a T-union d and with a detachable stuffingbox cl2.

e is a spindle provided with an exterior 7o thread e', engaging a thread cut or otheiwise formed upon the internal Wall of the stuifing-box (Z2, and with a hand-Wheel e2, accessible from the outside of the main casing,ir1 i order that the spindle e may be shifted back- Ward and forward or upward or downward in the main casing of the device by the simple operation of turning the hand-wheel e2in one direction or the othei', as required.

f is a diaphragm detachably connected with So the spindle e by means of a screw f and adapted to be firmly seated upon the internal edge c of the nozzle c, that is for this purpose permitted to extend through the nipple c, as shown in Fig. l.

f3 are inclined apertures drilled or otherwise formed in the diaphragmf. The number and relative dispositions of these apertures f3 may be varied and the inclination thereof may be increased or diminished, the 9o object being to cause a rotary motion to be imparted to the jets or streams of liquid hydrocarbon as they are discharged through the nozzle c.

g is a bushing mounted upon the exterior 9: of the casing of the device and adapted to af- I ford means whereby the same may be con-A veniently secured to place.

In use the T-union d is connected with a pipe d2, communicating with a suitable suproo ply of liquid hydrocarbon, (not shown,) and the bushing gis screwed or otherwise inserted into a suitable aperture h, formed in one of the walls i of a chamber to which Water-gas is supplied and in which it is carbureted,and a covering of asbestus or analogous substance or material j is preferably applied to the eX- ternal portions of the casing subjected to the heat of the gas.

The mode of operation of the hereinabovedescribed oil spraying or atomizing device is as follows: Oil or other liquid hydrocarbon under pressure enters the main easing through the T-union d3 and after passing through the perforated diaphragm f escapes through the nozzle c into the carbureting or other chamber. In its passage through the perforations f3 of the diaphragm fthe supply of oil is broken up into jets or streams and the inclination of the perforations f3 causes a rotary motion to be imparted to the jets or streams as they issue from the nozzle c. This rotary or spiral motion of the issuing jets or streams is important, because it insures the thorough Carburation of the gas and preventsv the deposition of liquid hydrocarbon upon the walls of the carbureting or other chamber. By these means the quality of the carbureted gas is improved and a material economy in liquid hydrocarbon is effected. The exterior casing is exposed to a considerable degree of heat, and consequently eX- pands and contracts. phragm f may be constantly maintained firmly to place in contact With its seat f2 by means of the hand-Wheel e2 and spindle e, so i that leakage of the liquid hydrocarbon around the diaphragm f is completely obviated. Inasmuch as the respective parts of the spraying or atomizing device are all detachable, it follows that they may readily be removed and repaired or cleaned and that the diaphragm f may be detached and replaced by another diaphragm having a greater or less number of apertures disposed at a greater or less inclination, as may be required.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

However, the dia-` l. An oil spraying or atomizing device for gas apparatus, comprising a tube having a nipple connected therewith and a nozzle applied to the nipple, a thimble mounted on the tube and provided with a stuffing-box and union, a spindle, and a diaphragm or plate provided with transversely ranging and inclined apertures for imparting rotary motion to jets or streams issuing Afrom the device, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with a carbureting chamber, a casing extendingV into said chamber, an oil-supply, and pipe connections between said oil-supply and casing, of a diaphragm or plate provided with inclined aper tures ranging transversely of said plate or diaphragm for imparting rotary motion to jets or streams of a liquid and a spindle detachably connected With said diaphragm,sub stantially as and' for the purposesset forth.

3. An oil spraying or atomizing device for gas apparatus, comprising a tube, a nipple detachably connected with one extremity of the tube, a nozzle applied to the nipple, a thimble mounted upon the other extremity of the tube and provided with a stuffing-box and a T-union, an adjustable spindle, and a diaphragm provided with inclined apertures for imparting rotary motion to jets or streams of liquid hydrocarbon, substantially as and lfor the purposes set forth.

4. In combination, a carbureting-chamber, a casing extending into said chamber, an asbestus covering applied to said casing, an oil supply, pipe connections between the .oilsupply and casing, and a diaphragm provided with inclined apertures for imparting rotary motion to jets or streams of oil, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES RUSSELL COLLINS. Vitnesses:

THoMAs M. SMITH, RICHARD C. MAXWELL. 

